No. 10.
HENRY THE EIGHTH, KING OF ENGLAND.
By Holbein.
BORN 1491, DIED 1547.
Inscription in background, ‘Anno reg. 36, etatis 54.’ Gold and jewelled dress, slashed. White collar. Chain, alternate columns and H.S. A disk of gold adorned with jewels. He holds a glove. Mantle trimmed with fur. Sleeves of cloth of gold, very full. Hat and feathers.
THE eldest surviving son of Henry VII. by Elizabeth of York. Succeeded his father in 1509. He married six wives, of whom ‘the best beloved’ was Jane Seymour, with whose family, that of the Thynnes had much intercourse and relationship.
No. 11.
THOMAS LORD SEYMOUR OF SUDELEY.